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The Storm of War

By: Andrew Roberts
Narrated by: Christian Rodska
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‘Russian success has been somewhat aided by the strategy of Herr Hitler, of Corporal Hitler… Even military idiots find it difficult not to see some faults in his actions.’
–Winston Churchill (2 August 1944, in the wake of the complete destruction of the German Army Group Centre in Belorussia)

Here is one of the best-selling history titles of 2009. Examining the Second World War on every front, Andrew Roberts asks whether, with a different decision-making process and a different strategy, Hitler’s Axis might even have won.

Were those German generals who blamed everything on Hitler after the war correct, or were they merely scapegoating their former Führer once he was safely beyond defending himself? In researching this uniquely vivid history of the Second World War, Roberts has walked many of the key battlefield and wartime sites of Russia, France, Italy, Germany, and the Far East.

The book is full of illuminating sidelights on the principle actors that bring their characters and the ways in which they reached decisions into fresh focus.

Andrew Roberts’s Masters and Commanders was one of the most acclaimed, best-selling history books of 2008. His previous books include Salisbury: Victorian Titan (1999), which won the Wolfson History Prize and the James Stern Silver Pen Award for Non-Fiction, and Hitler and Churchill: Secrets of Leadership (2003), which coincided with a four-part BBC2 history series. He is one of Britain's most prominent journalists and broadcasters.

©2009 Andrew Roberts (P)2010 Audible
Military United States World War Winston Churchill Imperialism Royalty Submarine King Prisoners of War France Interwar Period

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"His mastery of the huge variety of subjects is truly impressive and his ability to marshal these subjects into a single compelling narrative stunning." (Keith Lowe, Daily Telegraph)
"He presents stylish penmanship, gritty research and lucid reasoning, coupled with poignant and haunting detours into private lives ruined and shortened." ( The Economist)

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An excellent and detailed examination of WW2 in the North

Lucid and engaging prose replete with great detail and references that tells an oft told history in a way that adds depth and colour. Wonderfully performed in a way that compels further listening and draws one into the Storm. The book’s focus is the war in North (Europe, Atlantic, Middle East and Russia) leaving the Pacific and Far East covered somewhat cursorily as seemingly secondary theatre that can appear as an afterthought. That said the sweep of the book from the Allies & Hitler’s Grand Strategy through the operational to the tactical and individual is superb. Brilliant and well worth the time spent listening!

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A wonderful book

Very well written, well done Andrew this book is a true masterpiece.
Never a dull moment throughout the whole book

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Best narration of a non-fiction ever!

On top of the rich historical content with superb analysis, the accents that narrator Chris could apply to the soldiers and leaders of the different nations made this production a 5/5! Well done to all responsible. It helped me gain an even greater appreciation of what was a momentous era in world history. Thank you!

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Pretty Good but needs proof reading

Pretty Good but noticed that the narrator mixed up his world leaders sometimes. First Churchill with Hitler regarding his Churchills thoughts on Midway (here attributed to Hitler) and then Churchill praising the Chindits at Yalta to Roosevelt and Churchill?. Both noticable in Chapter 8.

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